Nail-puller.



No. 700,757. Patented May 27, I902.

E. C. FOWLER.

NAIL FULLER.

(Application filed Jan. 28, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD'CFOXVLER,OF FORESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO-WTILLIAM E. ,SIMONDS, OF-CANTON, CONNECTICUT.

. N AIL-PU LLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters P atent No. 700,757, dated May 27, 1902. Application filed January 28, 1902. Serial N... 91,620. (No mbaai.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD O. FOWLER, a citizen of theUnited States of America, residing at Forestville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Nail- Pullers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure lis a view of a complete nail-puller embodying said improvement. Fig. 2 is a view of the separate parts of the nail-puller except the handle. Fig.3 is a sideview of the nail-gripping ends of the two jaws enlarged in size to bringout a peculiarity in the form and shape of those ends.

The object of the improvement is the production of a device for extracting driven nails. It is adapted and intended to be used in conjunction with a common claw-hammer.

The frame of the device is in two correspondingly-shaped parts a. one side (toward a a fulcrum extension. The two parts of the frameare united by rivets a.

The letter 1) denotes a jaw which is fixedly attached to the frame. It is a piece fastened between and to the two parts of the frame by rivets, as shown.

The letter 0 denotes a movable jaw which is pivotally attached between and to the two parts of the frame by means of the pivot: This movable jaw has an upperend.

pins 0. adapted for being beaten upon by a hammer, wherefore it is termed anvil-headed.

The letter d denotes a bearing piece extended laterally on both sides of the frame and attached by rivets passing through the two parts of the frame and the filling-piece d to and between the two parts of said frame. Its under-side is so formedthat it increasingly retreats upwardly, and by preference that end is attained by having the under surface of the bearing-piece curved, as shown.

The letter e denotes a handle fixedly attached to the movable jaw and extended in a direction substantially the opposite of that of the fulcrum extension. The anvil-headed movable jaw c is integrally provided with a lateral projection 0 adapted to act asa rest for the outer face of a claw-hammer.

It is given on The letter f denotes a pin which passes through the ,movable jaw at substantially right angles to said'projection o As has'been already mentioned hereinbefore, this device is intended to be ,usedin conjunction with a common claw-hammer.

In using the device to extract a nail the jaws are set astride of the head of the nail which is to be extracted. Then by means of a hammer beating upon the upper anvilhead of the movable jaw the two jaws are set into the wood and made to grasp the nailhead. Then by pulling upward circularly on the handle, as indicated by the arrow, the nail is either partially or wholly extracted.

To assist in the extraction, both hands of the operator may be used, one hand, usually the lefthand, pulling upward on the handle (2. With his right hand, which already holds the claw-hammer, the operator engages the movable jaw and assists in the nailextraction, the outer face of the hammer resting meanwhile on the projection c and the inner faces of the claws of the hammer resting meanwhile against the pin f.

There is a peculiarity about the shape and contour ofthe nail-gripping ends of the two jaws. IIere the two jaws have two surfaces, which, if extended, would intersect; but between them there is an interposed bevel 'i. This construction aids in the gripping of the nail and also tends to the preservation of these nail-gripping ends under wear.

I claim as my improvement 1. In combination, the frame composed of two correspondingly-shaped parts having fulcrum extension, the fixed jaw riveted between and to the two parts of the frame, the fillingpiece rivete'd'between and to the two parts of the frame, the anvil-headed movable jaw pivoted between and to the two parts of the frame, and the handle having forked end.

embracing and riveted to the movable jaw and extended in a direction substantially the opposite of that of the fulcrum extension.

2. In combination, the frame composed of two correspondingly-shaped parts having fulcrum extension, the fixed jaw riveted between and to the two parts of the frame, the fillingpiece riveted to and between the two parts of the frame and carrying the bearing-piece,

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and the handle having forked end embracing and riveted to the movable jaw and extended in a direction substantially the opposite of that of the fulcrum extension.

3. In combination, the frame composed of two correspondingly-shaped parts having f ulcrum extension, the fixed jaw riveted between and to the two 'parts of the frame, the fillingpiece riveted between and to the two parts of the frame, the anvil-headed movable jaw 10 pivoted between and to the two parts of the frame, the lateral projection c integral with the movable jaw, and the pin projecting from both sides of the movable jaw.

' EDWARD O. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

RoBT. K. HILLER, FRANK B. LOWELL. 

